Новости за 25.03.2024

Caroline March and Postmaster on the way to a clear round across country at Blenheim 2017. Content warning: this article includes references to themes of assisted suicide Event rider Caroline March has died at the age of 31. Caroline, who suffered spinal injuries in a cross-country fall in April 2022, shared the reasons for her decision, in a letter. With the letter, a statement on her Facebook page reads: “It is […]

Gemma Stevens and Chilli Knight win Bicton five-star in 2021. The Mars Badminton Horse Trials wait list has just three horses on it following the reveal of entries for this year’s event (8-12 May) – and one is a five-star winner. Badminton accepts 85 entries each year and wait lists the rest in order of FEI points won at top-level events over the past two […]

Ros Canter and Izilot DHI win at Burgham in 2022. Seven riders who have won the event previously – but no horses – are among this year’s Mars Badminton Horse Trials entries for the event from 8–12 May. Former winners Ros Canter, on her own and Alex Moody’s Izilot DHI, last year’s Pau Horse Trials winner, and Piggy March – whose ride Brookfield Inocent (owned […]

1. New home for once starving rescue horse A Clydesdale horse who was was “so starved that it was touch and go as to whether he would survive”, has made a full recovery following his rescue and has found a happy new home in Scotland.  World Horse Welfare rescued the 15-year-old gelding, called Seamus, after he was found […]

Riding on the roads is usually considered a necessary evil among equestrians. The lucky owner of Breach Barn Cottage, however, has no such concerns. Why? There’s a good-length circular route to be ridden from the gate with hardly a hoof-step on a road throughout. Breach Barn Cottage can be found in the county of Warwickshire […]

Cian O'Connor and Maurice help Ireland win the Longines League of Nations in Ocala, Florida.This week’s international showjumping news round-up focuses on a thrilling second leg of the new-look Longines League of Nations (LLN), at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida. Ireland’s showjumpers are looking stronger than ever this year and an ecstatic quartet were back on top of the world after a dominant performance in a high-calibre […]

EWBFKD Dogs in bluebellsThe best dog breed is your own, of course. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though most of us don’t value our dogs on looks alone. Happily, we all like different personalities and appearances; some love big, shaggy beasts, some an athletic worker, others prefer a petite lap dog. But judging by the […]

2BA81W3 Gundog headshotThe range of gundog breeds make up a varied group that was originally developed as hunting companions in pursuit of game, traditionally working “alongside the gun”. While they were initially bred as essential working partners for humans hunting for food, now this is rarely a necessity for survival, gundogs are just as likely to be […]